Embed a YouTube video in Microsoft Powerpoint

With Office 2016 Microsoft made changes to PowerPoint that make embedding YouTube videos in PowerPoint much easier.  To use these features, your PowerPoint install should have been updated throughout the CNU campus over the summer. If you need assistance with updating PowerPoint, file a request in this system or contact the Customer Service Desk at 594-7079.
To embed a YouTube video in a PowerPoint presentation, you’ll need to select the Insert tab upon opening your presentation.

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In the ribbon that pops up, choose “Customize Ribbon,” select ‘Video’ to open the drop-down menu, then select ‘Online Video’ from the dropdown menu.

The resulting window provides a space for you to paste the URL for any online video from a supported source, which includes YouTube. 

Click ‘Insert’ to embed the video onto your Powerpoint slide.

For either method, the video will appear as an image of the video's thumbnail on your slide:  

When you run the slide show, the video will be embedded where the thumbnail  is shown.